Charles Drake
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Charles Drake (October 2, 1917 – September 10, 1994) was an American actor.Drake was born as Charles Ruppert in New York City. He graduated from Nichols College and became a salesman. In 1939, he turned to acting and signed a contract with Warner Brothers. He wasn't immediately successful. World War II interrupted his career; soon after his military service was complete, Drake returned to Hollywood in 1945, his contract with Warner Brothers ended. In the 1940s, he did some freelance work, like A Night in Casablanca. In 1949 he moved to Universal Studios. In 1955, Drake turned to television as one of the stock-company players on Robert Montgomery Presents and three years later he became the host of the British TV espionage weekly Rendezvous. In 1959, he starred in the Western film, No Name on the Bullet, where he played a doctor dedicated to saving a small town from a dangerous assassin. In 1967 he played the part of Oliver Greer in The Fugitive episode The One That Got Away. He played in 83 films between 1939 and 1975, including Scream, Pretty Peggy. More than 50 were dramas, but he also acted in comedies, science fiction, horror and film noir. He died on September 10, 1994 in East Lyme, Connecticut, aged 76. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Young Priest (uncredited)
Sergeant York (1941)
as Scorer (uncredited)
Whistle Stop (1946)
as Ernie
Until They Sail (1957)
as Capt. Richard Bates
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Kevin Gillmore
Winchester '73 (1950)
as Steve Miller
Harvey (1950)
as Dr. Sanderson
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as Don Haynes
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
as Luke Canfield
Female on the Beach (1955)
as Police Lieutenant Galley
Winning Your Wings (1942)
as State College Student (uncredited)
The Playroom (1957)
as George Rutherford
The Road to Edinburgh (1954)
as Jeff Davis
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
as Lt. Pierre Delmar
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
as Mick Anderson
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
as Sheriff Matt Warren
The Red Ball Express (1952)
as Partridge
Back Street (1961)
as Curt Stanton
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Sandy
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Officer (uncredited)
The Arrangement (1969)
as Finnegan
The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
as Dolan
The Male Animal (1942)
as Student (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
as Snappy Saunders
Conflict (1945)
as Norman Holsworth
Tobor the Great (1954)
as Dr. Ralph Harrison
The Swimmer (1968)
as Howard Graham
The Price of Fear (1956)
as Pete Carroll
War Arrow (1953)
as Sgt. Luke Schermerhorn
Dangerously They Live (1941)
as Joe, Hospital Orderly with Dr. Murdock (uncredited)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
as Dodd
Dear Heart (1965)
as Frank Taylor
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Air Force (1943)
as Navigator
Now, Voyager (1942)
as Leslie Trotter (uncredited)
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
as Tom Sweeny
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
The Tender Years (1948)
as Bob Wilson
Louisa (1950)
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Actor
Summer Pavilion (1955)
as Ned Welch
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
as Herb Klaxon
Step Down to Terror (1958)
as Johnny Walters
Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
as Malcolm Drew
The Screaming Woman (1972)
as Ken Bronson
The Third Day (1965)
as Lawrence Conway
Four Guns to the Border (1954)
as Sheriff Jim Flannery
The Pretender (1947)
as Dr. Leonard Koster
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
as John Donahue
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)
as Alan Hardesty
Gunsmoke (1953)
as Johnny Lake
Busses Roar (1942)
as Eddie Sloan
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Second Bridegroom (uncredited)
The Lively Set (1964)
as Paul Manning
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Deputy Chief Berliner
The Smugglers (1968)
as Harry Miller
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
as Jim Anderson
To Hell and Back (1955)
as Brandon
You Never Can Tell (1951)
as Perry Collins
Comanche Territory (1950)
as Stacey Howard
The Hard Way (1943)
as Trailer Narrator (Uncredited)
Air Cadet (1951)
as Captain Sullivan
The Lone Hand (1953)
as George Hadley
My Brother's Wedding (1983)
as Pastor #2
Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
as Buford Woodly
Partners in Crime (1973)
as Lt. Fred Harnett
You Came Along (1945)
as Lt. R. Janoschek
The Money Jungle (1967)
as Harvey Sheppard
Winter Wonderland (1946)
as Steve Kirk
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Senator Murchiston
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
as George Thornton
Proceed and Report (1943)
as Lt. Johnson
Peggy (1950)
as Tom Fielding
Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor
Showdown (1963)
as Bert Pickett
Little Egypt (1951)
as Oliver Doane
Bullet Scars (1942)
as Reporter at Police HQ
Career (1939)
as Rex Chaney
Police Headquarters (1974)
as David L. Chapin